newbie port/pkg question

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Subject: newbie port/pkg question

From: Bob Ababurko <ababurko_(_at_)_adelphia_(_dot_)_net>

Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 22:37:42 -0400

hello all-

coming from using freebsd, I have been used to building my ports. I
have just installed OpenBSD 3.5 on my Ultra2 which is very slow at
compiling, so I am trying to investigate the install of packages. I have
downloaded the ports tree onto my box and i notice that there is a ./pkg
directory inside of the port in question. How do I use this? or better
yet, what is the best way in which I can install the latest package without
having to know its explicit name/version, eg. bash-2.05b.tgz. Say, i want
to install bash....is there a way to install it with out having to go
through a list of packages to have to find the name/version to only have to
add it to pkg_add. Is there a way to do this or somthing similar or am I
asking for too much. ?